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Candia olim Creta - Antique map

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Crete (Greece)."Candia olim Creta". Orig. copper-engraving by F. Galle after A. Ortelius' map of the region. From Galle's "Theatri Orbis Terrarum Enchiridion". Published in Antwerp by C. Plantin for F. Galle, 1585. With ornamental...

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Ortelius, Abraham

Christoffel Plantin

Antwerp

1585

Crete (Greece)."Candia olim Creta". Orig. copper-engraving by F. Galle after A. Ortelius' map of the region. From Galle's "Theatri Orbis Terrarum Enchiridion". Published in Antwerp by C. Plantin for F. Galle, 1585. With ornamental title-cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Scala miliarium Italicoru"), 2 ships and a sea-creature. 8:11 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch.).

Koeman III, map 7900:331, ed. 331:21 (Enchiridion 1585). - A miniature map of Crete. - Whole book page with the map of Cyprus ("Cyprus Insula") on verso.

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